Tag: Oyo Police Command
U.S based medical doctor escapes death over false kidnapping claim in Ibadan
However, the medical doctor's Lexus RX 330 SUV was set ablaze by the mob, while two young girls identified as…
Woman docked for failing to return money mistakenly sent to her account
Adedosu alleged that she refused to return the money back to the owner when the complainant, Sandra Okwueze l, contacted…
Oyo: Police urge calm as man’s death is linked to wild elephant
The Oyo Police Command however assured residents of Innayin and adjoining communities that the situation is being closely managed, and…
Police smash robbery syndicate, recover N100m stolen goods in Ibadan
The Oyo State Police Command has recorded a major breakthrough in its crackdown on violent crime with the arrest of…
Oyo: Pastor, Islamic Cleric, motorcyclist arrested over possession of human parts
According to the police spokesperson, the Joseph confessed that he had obtained the suspected human parts from an unknown individual…
Ibadan man docked for allegedly defaming judge on radio programme
Akinloye told the court that the defendant was involved in a case before the judge alongside other parties but later…
Oyo man kills elder brother for ‘shooting him in his dream’
"Acting on this claim, the suspect allegedly approached the deceased where he was seated, picked up a heavy rock, struck…
Police save scavenger caught with human part from lynching in Oyo
The suspect been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for discreet and thorough investigation to unravel the circumstances surrounding…
Police rescue victim, nab suspect as gunmen launch attacks on Oyo villages
The Oyo Police spokesperson claimed the suspect has since confessed to the commission of the said offences and is currently…
Two dead as police foil bandits’ attack on Oyo village
The area has since been secured, while intensive bush combing and surveillance operations are ongoing to apprehend the fleeing suspects…
Two Ibadan church members docked over alleged threat to kill pastors, others
he prosecutor, Inspector Kehinde Olarotimi told the court that the defendants committed the offence between 2022 and December 2025, at…
Police bust gathering of Aiye Confraternity cult gang in Oyo, arrest 3
Acting on credible and actionable intelligence, operatives of the Atiba Division, led by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), swiftly mobilized…
Seven alleged killers of forest rangers at Old Oyo National Park arrested
According to the police statement, the three suspects, during interrogation confessed to the crime and gave accounts of how 10…
Ibadan man docked for lying against pastor, family
The Prosecutor, Insp Samuel Owolabi told the court that the defendant whose address was not provided, committed the offence on…
Two dismissed soldiers arrested for armed robbery in Oyo
One of the suspects aged 48, a dismissed Corporal of the Nigerian Army, falsely paraded himself as an Army Captain…
Gunmen kill Inspector, take away Ak-47-rifle in attack on Oyo police patrol team
The Commissioner of Police in Oyo state, Femi Haruna , had ordered immediate manhunt and comprehensive investigation into the attack.
Police explain how reckless driver crushed two siblings sleeping in their homes
Bello was arraigned before an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, for allegedly killing the two siblings through reckless driving.
Employer, one other arrested for beating labourer to death in Oyo
Police said one of the suspects, Giwa was the employer of Koni. He said a dispute arose between him and…
Four Ibadan men docked for allegedly posing as U.S- based white ladies
Police said the defendants committed the offence on Jan.7, at about 9.00 a.m., at Apete, Ibadan.
Five Ibadan men in trouble for impersonating as white men
The prosecutor, Insp Adeshina Folaranmi, told the court that the defendants committed the offences on Dec. 19, at about 9.00…
Ibadan farmers docked for allegedly killing cows that ate up their farm
Police said that the men willfully and unlawfully killed 33 cows, valued at N20 million, property of both Alhaji Aliyu…
Police speak on kidnapping of Ibadan APC chieftain
Former Senate leader and 2023 APC gubernatorial aspirant, Senator Teslim Folarin, also confirmed the incident in a post on his…
Ibadan man Stephen Obitade docked for grabbing church’s land
Obitade and others at large maliciously damaged the land’s perimeter fence and pillars worth N5 million, and stole building iron…
“No ransom payment,” Police boast of rescue of Egyptian kidnapped in Ibadan
Police said the rescue of the Egyptian without payment of ransom was a testament to the outstanding and dedicated efforts…
Suspected fake lawyer in trouble after presenting himself to police detectives
Kareem was docked on Monday before Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court on a one count charge of impersonation, to which he…
Odunlade docked for allegedly stealing 2-month-old baby
Police successfully tracked the defendant at a location which he had not disclosed some days after stealing the child.
Vincent Francis lands in trouble over Army uniform
Police alleged that Francis was unlawfully having two pieces of military camouflage uniforms, which he couldn’t give an account of.
Ibadan businessman Emmanuel Evovo docked for stealing partner’s N7m
Evovo allegedly committed the offence between December 2023 and 2024, at Bodija Area of Ibadan.
Oyo: Police smash notorious one-chance robbery gang, nab 2 suspects
Following the emergence of a viral video exposing the gang’s activities, the Commissioner of Police, Oyo State Police Command, tasked…
Police calm tension over kidnapping of 2 women, killing of farmer in Oyo community
Oyo Police Commissioner Johnson Adenola visited the community on Monday following plan by youths to embark on protests over the…